I used to do the same thing in the 50s & 60s, in my 24” Schwinn, with shoeboxes packed full of BB cards from the 40s & 50s, thinking they were junk, passed-on from my uncles. Big frigging DUH on me. The remaining 50s & 60s cards I gave away to younger cousins when I went off to college.

20-20 hindsight; blessed with it all my life...

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posted on 04/07/2013 7:16:01 AM PDT
by carriage_hill
(The most insidious power the news media has, is the power to ignore.)

LOL.....When my 3 boys were young, we’d spend lots of time at card shows....to save myself boredom...I started to collect Carlton Fisk cards. I have the biggest collection in all of New England, I’m told. It’s worthless, I’m sure.

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posted on 04/07/2013 7:24:17 AM PDT
by Daffynition
(The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.  D.H.)

That’s exactly why they ones that survive, especially those in excellent condition, are worth so much..it’s because the vast majority were torn, bent, and tossed away.. as a kid..we’d flip, and trade them..I could probably have put both my daughters through college if I’d kept all my cards..

My Dad knew a guy who worked for Topps. In the early ‘60s he used to bring home sheets of uncut baseball cards. Naturally, me and my brother would proceed to sit down at the dining room table with scissors and try to cut them as rectangularly as possible, with not a lot of success.

I used to do the same thing in the 50s & 60s, in my 24 Schwinn, with shoeboxes packed full of BB cards from the 40s & 50s, thinking they were junk, passed-on from my uncles. Big frigging DUH on me. The remaining 50s & 60s cards I gave away to younger cousins when I went off to college. 20-20 hindsight; blessed with it all my life...

Yep - chew the gum (which was usually brittle and took some chewing before it would wad up), then toss cards with friends to try to win some (bent up a lot of edges that way) and finally use them as bicycle noise makers - who'd a thunk???

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posted on 04/07/2013 9:27:19 AM PDT
by trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)

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